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Friday · August 28 ✦

D-BACKS @ GIANTS

Oracle Park.

Final

D-BACKS 10
Giants 6

Our Pick

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–3 San Francisco Giants · Actual: 10–6 D-backs

50%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick D-backs Giants Projected Result
Baseline Arizona Diamondbacks 62% 38% 3–3 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Arizona Diamondbacks 53% 47% 3–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted San Francisco Giants 49% 51% 3–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon San Francisco Giants 44% 56% 3–3 ✗
Logistic San Francisco Giants 44% 56% — ✗
Random Forest San Francisco Giants 48% 52% — ✗
Consensus San Francisco Giants 50% 50% 3–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline and Pitcher-weighted caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

D-backs this season

79–76

51% across 155 games

Giants this season

89–65

58% across 154 games